| Country | Luxembourg |
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| Residence | Schifflange, Luxembourg |
| Born | May 9, 1983 Schifflange, Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | $$1,614,696 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 88–92 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 42 (October 3, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 54 (December 26, 2011) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2009) |
| French Open | 1R (2005, 2006, 2009) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2005, 2011) |
| US Open | QF (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 19–35 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 147 (10 October 2005) |
| Last updated on: 14 September 2011. | |
Gilles Müller (born May 9, 1983) is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country. He was born, raised and currently resides in Schifflange.
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In 2001, the year Müller turned pro, he reached the final of the boys' singles at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated by Swiss Roman Valent, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3. Later that year, Müller won the boys' singles final at the 2001 US Open by defeating Taiwanese Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, 7–6, 6–2. Müller finished the year 2001 as the world's no. 1 junior.
Remarkable results against top players were Müller's victories over Andy Roddick in the first round of the 2005 US Open, over Rafael Nadal at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, and over Andre Agassi at the semifinals of the 2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C..[1]
At the 2008 US Open Gilles Müller, then ranked 130, had to go through the qualification tournament. He reached the main draw, where he consecutively beat Laurent Recouderc, former no. 2 Tommy Haas, Nicolás Almagro, and fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, advancing to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career. He had not been sure that he would even qualify, and so he had not even booked a hotel room for the tournament. He then lost to defending champion and eventual winner Roger Federer, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7.
On January 19, 2009, Müller beat Spaniard Feliciano López, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 16–14, in an epic four-hour, twenty-four minute match in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open. Müller beat local favorite Bernard Tomic, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 in the second round, eventually losing in the third to eighth seed Juan Martín del Potro.
In September 2011, he advanced to the fourth round of the US Open, beating Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Latvian Ernests Gulbis, and Russian Igor Kunitsyn in the first three rounds. He then lost to Rafael Nadal, whom he had already faced and lost to in the third round of Wimbledon the same year.[2]
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | August 16, 2004 | Washington, United States | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | July 25, 2005 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | Andre Agassi | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Challengers (6) |
| Futures (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | April 9, 2001 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | Hard | Hermes Gamonal | 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6) |
| 2. | February 11, 2002 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard | Maximilian Abel | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
| 3. | April 22, 2002 | Montego Bay, Jamaica | Hard | Julien Cassaigne | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| 4. | August 26, 2002 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Clay | Rodrigo Monte | 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
| 5. | July 21, 2003 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Iván Navarro | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 6. | April 19, 2004 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | Arnaud di Pasquale | 7–6(9–7), 6–7(1–7), 6–1 |
| 7. | June 28, 2004 | Córdoba, Spain | Hard | Nicolás Almagro | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 8. | April 7, 2008 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Hard | Iván Miranda | 7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
| 9. | May 26, 2008 | Izmir, Turkey | Hard | Kristian Pless | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 10. | June 5, 2011 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Grass | Matthias Bachinger | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | LQ | 3R | A | 2R | 5–6 | 45.45 | |
| French Open | A | 1R | 1R | LQ | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 0–3 | 00.00 | |
| Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | LQ | 1R | LQ | 3R | 5–5 | 50.00 | |
| US Open | A | 2R | 1R | LQ | QF | A | A | 4R | 8–4 | 66.67 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 18–18 | 50.00 | |
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2–2 | 50.00 | |
| Miami Masters | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–4 | 00.00 | |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | - | |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | - | |
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | - | |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | - | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | - | |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | A | A | A | 0–0 | - | |||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | 00.00 | |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | NMS | 0–0 | - | |||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 28.57 | |
| Career Statistics | |||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | - | |
| Year End Ranking | 69 | 76 | 105 | 117 | 95 | 248 | 134 | 54 | $1,614,696 | ||
| Legend (Singles) |
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| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (2) |
| Futures (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
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| 1. | August 6, 2001 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Clay | Mike Scheidweiler | Steve Adamson Raoul Snijders |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 2. | June 21, 2004 | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Hard | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Santiago González Alejandro Hernández |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 3. | September 12, 2010 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France | Hard | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs |
6–0, 2–6, [13–11] |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
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| 1 | February 11, 2002 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard | Mike Scheidweiler | Yves Allegro Arnaud Fontaine |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 2 | January 24, 2005 | Heilbronn, Germany | Carpet | Gilles Elseneer | Sébastien de Chaunac Michal Mertiňák |
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 3 | June 27, 2005 | Córdoba, Spain | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | Sergiy Stakhovsky Vladimir Voltchkov |
7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 4 | February 19, 2007 | Besançon, France | Hard | Grégory Carraz | Christopher Kas Alexander Peya |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 5 | July 30, 2007 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | Michel Kratochvil | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
| 6 | April 28, 2008 | Lanzarote, Spain | Hard | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot |
6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
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